80 minute CD blanks

[Paul Mather]

On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, M Holmes wrote:

=> Now that I've got the replacement for my broken Weird 104, I'm
=> considering backing up the Weird tapes to CD. I was wondering about
=> using 80 minute blanks. Are there any cons to doing this? Are they less
=> likely to play on CD players?

I have heard that 80-minute blank CD-Rs are almost apocryphal, in that
they are really hard to get ahold of and, when you do, they are *MUCH*
more expensive than the regular 74-minute blanks that everyone uses.

There's an entry in the CD-R FAQ on 80-minute blanks, if I recall
correctly.  I think I can summarise that entry with "they're not worth
it."

Cheers,

Paul.

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

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